Deputies and SWAT team respond to area near Lyons on report of shot fired (updated)

Reporter-Herald Staff

Posted:
10/13/2013 08:03:02 PM MDT

Larimer County Sheriff's Office deputies spent much of Sunday at a remote location near Lyons, where a 54-year-old man is alleged to have discharged a firearm during a disturbance, then barricaded himself inside his home.

According to a statement by Sgt. Rafael Sanchez, deputies arrived on scene since about 11:30 a.m. Sunday in the 3500 block of Colard Lane in unincorporated Larimer County near Lyons. After serving a search warrant Sunday evening to locate the man wanted for questioning, they discovered he was not in the home.

He is believed to have fled the area in a vehicle prior to law enforcement arrival, Sanchez said. He said the Sheriff's Office is coordinating with other local law enforcement agencies in an attempt to locate the vehicle.

He added there is no immediate risk to life or property in the Colard Lane area (located north of U.S. 36 and west of Blue Mountain Road) and that officers had left the scene.

Sanchez said deputies from both Larimer County and Boulder County Sheriff's Offices and troopers from the Colorado State Patrol responded to the incident.